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Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"It is two hundred years since the deity known as the Absolved went mad and destroyed the Kingdom of Alnachim, transforming it into the Execration, a blasted wasteland filled with nameless terrors. For decades, desperate souls have made pilgrimage to the centre of this cursed land to seek the Mad God's favour, their fate always unknown. Now a veteran warrior known only as Pilgrim, armed with a fabled blade inhabited by the soul of a taunting demon,...
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Tang Dynasty volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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During China's infamous Tang Dynasty, a time awash with luxury yet littered with deadly intrigues and fallen royalty, betrayed Princess Ai Li flees before her wedding.
Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior....
Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li's innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make...
Miles from home, with only her delicate butterfly swords for defense, she enlists the reluctant protection of a blue-eyed warrior....
Battle-scarred, embittered Ryam has always held his own life at cheap value. Ai Li's innocent trust in him and honorable, stubborn nature make...
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Series
Emperor series volume 3
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys
With his acclaimed Emperor novels, author Conn Iggulden brings a dazzling world to life–the rich, complex world of ancient Rome as seen through the eyes of one extraordinary man: Julius Caesar. Now Iggulden returns to the story of Julius Caesar and a realm that stretches from the sands of North Africa to the coast of Britain. Against this magnificent...
With his acclaimed Emperor novels, author Conn Iggulden brings a dazzling world to life–the rich, complex world of ancient Rome as seen through the eyes of one extraordinary man: Julius Caesar. Now Iggulden returns to the story of Julius Caesar and a realm that stretches from the sands of North Africa to the coast of Britain. Against this magnificent...
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Swords and fire volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled -- taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that threatens the entire empire. Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer. Heiress and scholar, she was born into a treacherous world of...
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Song of ice and fire volume 3
Language
English
Description
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from...
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Otherworld chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Artie Kingfisher has only ten days to gather a team of knights to wield the mythical seven swords, or his mission to save the Otherworld and claim his throne as King Arthur will be lost"--
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Wilderness series (Sara Donati) volume 5
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Imprisoned in the French Antilles for endangering the Crown, Jennet Huntar awaits rescue by her kinsman, Luke Bonner, and together they set out to find their child, surrendered to a virtual stranger at the time of her imprisonment.
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Series
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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"Mithral Hall is under siege, Nesme is overrun, and even powerful Silverymoon braces for war. Through it all, Drizzt has fought alone, but as the conflict draws to a bloody conclusion, the Hunter will have to find allies both new and old - or die along with the rest of the civilized North."--
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Illustrated with breathtaking intricacy, a celebration of swords and swordsmen spans history and cultures to review the ancient warriors who lived by the sword, from Beowulf to medieval knights, and from stealthy ninja and samurai to legendary maidens of war.
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Publisher
Penzler
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In a house in the English countryside, a man has just turned up dead, surrounded by a crime scene that seems, at first glance, to be fairly straightforward. He's found with a bullet through the head in an unlocked room, and all signs point to a recent visitor as the perpetrator. The body is even accompanied by an ostentatious clue, presumably left by the killer: the Eight of Swords tarot card, an allusion, perhaps, to justice. But when Dr. Gideon...
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Series
Emperor series volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
For Julius Caesar, the time has come to enter the political battleground that has become Rome. Having proved his valor in the slaves' revolt, Caesar is strengthened by the love of a beautiful older woman -- and by the sword of his loyal friend, Marcus Brutus. But it is Caesar's next move that will change history. With an army made in his own image, Caesar begins a daring charge through Gaul, across the English Channel, and to the wilds of tribal Britain....
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Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Hiroaki Samura's latest Blade of the Immortal volume finds Manji and Rin recovering from their harrowing escape out of Edo's underground prisons and finally confronting their odd relationship. Döa and Isaku have something important to announce when Anotsu and the Itto-ryu reunite with their missing members, and Habaki Kagimura faces a death sentence! To atone for his failures and sins, Kagimura has one month to destroy Anotsu and his crew...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords is the first film to chronicle the history of the Black press, including its central role in the construction of modern African American identity. It recounts the largely forgotten stories of generations of Black journalists who risked life and livelihood so African Americans could represent themselves in their own words and images. The Black Press takes viewers "behind the veil" of segregation to recover a...
19) Theft of swords
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Riyria revelations volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
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"Two thieves in the wrong place at the wrong time are on the run in this fact-paced adventure fantasy"--Provided by publisher.
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MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The most valuable companies in the world have harnessed platforms' power to achieve rapid growth and market dominance. But as these platforms have grown in size and scale, the opportunity for abuse has become very real - while profitability isn't coming easily even for successful platforms. In an interview with MIT SMR, the authors of The Business of Platforms bust the myths and outline the pitfalls of platform strategy.
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